Autumn is a harvest season, but also a variety of delicacies on the market in large quantities, smart women will choose to eat some good health and beauty food every week, today, we want to introduce you to an autumn delicacy - pumpkin.
Pumpkin is a nutritious food, pumpkin is rich in antioxidants, which can resist the damage of free radicals, delay aging, and maintain the elasticity and luster of the pumpkin, the progesterone component in pumpkin can protect ovarian health and prevent ovarian cancer and other diseases.
【Melaleuca pumpkin】
Half of yesterday's leftover pumpkin, cut a small piece of pumpkin, peel and scrape off the melon pulp, don't throw away the pumpkin seeds, you can fry them after drying them, put the pumpkin in a bowl, wash it with water and take it out, cut it into slices and put it in the steamer, steam it for 10 minutes after the water is boiled, and cut some green onions for later use.
Add flour, salt, and five-spice powder to the bowl, pour in hot oil, stir evenly to make puff pastry, steam the pumpkin and take it out, put it in the bowl and press it into a puree, add yeast powder, sugar, eggs and flour, knead it into a dough after stirring evenly, put the dough on the board and let it rise for 10 minutes, then knead and arrange it into a circle.
Brush the bowl with cooking oil, put the dough into the bowl, brush the surface with cooking oil and cover with the lid, open the lid after 10 minutes, take out and knead the dough after the volume becomes larger, roll the dough into long strips and cut it into a uniform area, take an area and knead it into a small round cake, and roll it into a large cake shape with a rolling pin.
Brush the puff pastry on the surface of the flatbread, put the small cake and brush the puff pastry, repeat this step until 6 layers of small cakes are superimposed, fold the lower flatbread in half, press the seal tightly, brush the surface of the finished product with water so that the sesame seeds can adhere, and finally put it in the steamer and steam for 10 minutes.
【Pumpkin pie】
Cut the pumpkin, wash it after removing it, dry the pumpkin seeds and fry them. After peeling, cut into thin slices, put the pumpkin in the steamer and steam for 15 minutes, take it out after steaming, pour it into a large bowl, press it into a pumpkin puree with a fork, add two tablespoons of glutinous rice flour, stir well until it is fused together, and then add two spoons of glutinous rice flour.
Add an appropriate amount according to the water content of the pumpkin, knead it into a dough after stirring until it is cotton wool, pour the fried diced carrots and cucumbers into the pumpkin dough, grasp and mix evenly after seasoning, press flat after forming a small round ball, arrange it into a small cake shape, brush the pan with oil, put in the pumpkin pie green blank, turn on low heat and fry until golden brown on both sides can be served and enjoyed.